Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour

Chief Gbadebo Patrick Rhodes-Vivour, also known as G.R.V. (born 8 March 1983), is a Nigerian architect, entrepreneur and politician. He was the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party for Lagos State in the 2023 gubernatorial election where he finished runner-up, losing to incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He was the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Lagos West senatorial district in the 2019 Senate elections.

Rhodes-Vivour was installed as the Obalefun of Lagos, a Yoruba chief, in April 2025.

Education He attended Chrisland Schools, up to JSS3, and then proceeded to Paris to attend École Active Bilingue, where he completed his secondary education. He has a bachelor's degree in architecture from University of Nottingham and a master's degree in the same field from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He later attained a second master's degree in Research and Public Policy from the University of Lagos (UNILAG). and his grandfather was the late judge Akinwunmi Rhodes-Vivour. He is also the great-grandnephew of Steven Bankole Rhodes, the second ever indigenous judge appointed in Nigeria, and his great-great-grandfather was the wealthy 19th century planter William Vivour.

Activism Rhodes-Vivour is the convener of the civil society group, Nigerians Against GMO, an a-GMO advocacy group fighting against the proliferation of Genetically Modified Foods in Nigeria. Their protest increased in 2016, following claims by Monsanto that GMOs are safe, tackling the Nigerian Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, as well as the multinational company.

In 2017, he alongside Nnimmo Bassey, led a 2,000-man march to the Senate to lend a voice in the fight against environmental degradation. He also campaigns for the inclusion of history as a subject in Nigerian school curriculum.

In 2022, Rhodes-Vivour collaborated with WellaHealth to provide free health checks and insurance for many people in Lagos who have their voter's card, in commemoration of World Malaria Day and to encourage residents to obtain their voter's card to enable them vote in upcoming elections.

Career GRV worked with Franklin Ellis Architects while he was in the UK. On returning to Nigeria, he worked with SISA, Kliff Consulting now called Building Partnership CCP, and Patrick Waheed Architects.

He is the founder of Spatial Tectonics, a design firm focused on unconventional construction methods to achieve affordability. He is a partner to Multi Development Construction Corporation (MDCC). He sits on the board of HomeQube Ltd, E-Terra Technologies and Alkebulan Agro-Allied. He is the chairman of The Rhodes-Vivour Foundation.

Political career He was one of the first beneficiaries of the Not Too Young To Run legislation. Citing that the absence of godfatherism in the party made him contest under the platform. He lost to the candidate of the incumbent APC.

In 2019, he contested for the senate seat to represent Lagos west under the PDP. His campaign points were to revamp the infrastructure within the district and well as to get out the incumbent who he term as an "absentee senator spending more resources pursuing a futile governorship bid in Ogun State, rather than focus on Lagos West that have already given him their mandate". He came second in the final polls, losing to the incumbent senator and contestant under the erstwhile ruling party APC, Solomon Adeola, by 243,516 votes to Adeola's 323,817. Adeola received 41.38% of the votes, while Rhodes-Vivour received 39.40%. He contested the result in court, citing electoral violence and disruptions as reasons why the result should not be valid. However, the court deemed that not to be enough and upheld the election of his opponent.

He was the Labour party gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election, losing to the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He was initially one of the nominees gearing up to contest under the PDP, but pulled out just before the primary election was held. He defected to the Labour Party, contesting during substitute election through which the substantive candidate of the party was to be chosen, and came out victorious, getting 111 votes, to defeat former All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Moshood Salvador, who got 102 votes.

Personal life He is married to Dr. Ify Rhodes-Vivour (née Aniebo), a molecular geneticist by profession,